Pelosi Statement on Trump Speech — San Francisco — Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued this statement in advance of the President's address: — “Democrats were hopeful that the President was finally willing to re-open government and proceed with a much-needed discussion to protect the border.

Democrats dismiss Trump shutdown offer — Even before President Trump's shutdown remarks on Saturday, Democratic aides on the Hill were dismissing his planned shutdown compromise offer as inadequate. — As first reported by Axios, Trump was expected to make two offers to Democrats in exchange …

“Would you like to speak to the president?” — PARIS — “Would you like to speak to the president?” — That was about the last question I expected from a stranger on a Friday night in Paris. — I was at a brasserie in the Latin Quarter, enjoying dinner with James McAuley, the Post's Paris correspondent.

Time to Break the Silence on Palestine — Martin Luther King Jr. courageously spoke out about the Vietnam War. We must do the same when it comes to this grave injustice of our time. — On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. stepped …